Come to learn: How are these standards developed? How are they used, by business, Governments and the UN? How can you and your organization implement them and contribute to new ones?
Time: 14:00 to 14:45
Location: Hagi Hall, Sendai International Center, Sendai, Japan
The Sendai Framework can be immediately translated into action by business and by Governments thanks to readily available standards – developed by consensus driven organizations.
- Mr. Christian Friis Bach, UN Under-Secretary General and Executive Secretary of UNECE
- Mrs. Helena Lindberg, Director General of the Swedish Civil Contingency Agency
- Mr. David Place, Chief Executive, The South Australian Fire and Emergency Services Commission
- Mr. Frans Vreeswijk, General Secretary and CEO, IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission), on behalf of IEC and ISO
Will be answering your questions and addressing your concerns at a panel session moderated by
Mr. Kevin Knight, Chairperson, International Organization for Standardization, Technical Committee on Risk Management (ISO/TC 262).
To learn more on UNECE activities for Disaster Risk Reduction please visit this page
A detailed concept note of the event is available at: www.wcdrr.org/conference/events/885
Contributions to the session are welcome. Please write to [email protected]